Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Magellanic Horned Owl (Bubo magellanicus) - HBW 5, p. 185

French: Grand-duc de Magellanie German: Magellanuhu Spanish: Búho Magallánico
Other common names: Magellan Great Horned Owl, Lesser Horned Owl

Taxonomy: [Strix] magellanicus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Straits of Magellan.
Until recently included as a race of B. virginianus, but differs in vocalizations and morphology, and also in DNA; in past, occasionally even merged with B. v. nacurutu. Monotypic.

Distribution: From C Peru, W Bolivia and W Argentina, S to Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn.